Toy.



' W /mm H. TORLUEMKE.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1912.

LGQQQQQO Patented 0011.22, 1912.

wvewtoz HERMAN TORLUEMKE, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TOY.

Specification of Iietters Patent.

Pat ontcd (lot. 272, t "M Application filed May 4, 1912. Serial No. 695,265.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN TORLUEMKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompany-- With the above and other objects in View,

the invention consists in the novel features of construction and the combination and. ar rangementof parts hereinafter more fully scribed, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy constructed in accordance with my invention.

' Fig. 2 is a top plan View. Fig. 3 is a sectionai view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is an interior View of the motor casing showing the arrangement of the operating parts contained in one of the chambers thereof. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the- "ihne 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 IS a detail sec-- tional View showing the means of connectionbetween the plate and the front fork of the frame.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of the figure which is preferably constructed of steel, aluminum or other similar material. Formed integral with the body and extending downwardly from the lower end thereof and arranged in laterally spaced relation to each other are lugs 2 arranged in pairs at the front and rear of the figure as shown at 3 and at, said lugs being arranged upon each side of the body plate 5 of the frame of the toy and securely held in place by means of the rivets 6. Formed integral with the body plate and extending outwardly at one end thereof, is a sleeve 7 which is adapted to be arranged Within the slot 8 formed in the adapted to receive the gear wheel 32.

body portion 9 of the front fork of the frame, said sleeve being held secin'ely in place by means of the screw 10 passing through the sleeve 7 and having its threaded end screwed into the body portion of the fork. Arranged transversely through the body plate 5 is a pivot rodll, the. outer ends of said rod being bent upwardly at right an gles shown at 12. Pivotally mounted at one of their ends upon the rod 11 and arranged upon each side of the body plate are the links 13 which form the upper limb of the figure, the other ends of said links being pivotally secured to the upper ends of the links 14 which form the lower limb of the figure Formed integral with the feet 15 of the figure are the castings 10 having openings 17 formed therein, said castings being secured to the cranks 18 by. means of the screws 1.) passing through the castings and threaded into the outer end of the cranks. The cranks 18. are secured upon opposite ends of the axle 20 so that as the wheel 21 revolves it will actuate the limbs of the figure.

Formed integral with the body plate 5 and extending dmvnwardly and rearwardly therefrom are the diverging arms 2:2, the rear ends of which are bent to form a straight portion The straight portion of one of the arms 22 is substantially circular in form and provided upon its periphery with a plurality of cars 24 which are adapted to register with the ears 25 formed on the motor casing 26 to securely fasten the cir cular end of the arm to one side of the casing. Thus it will be seen that. the circular "end of the arm forms a plate adapted to close one side of the casing.

The casing 26 is provided with two chambers Q7 and .28, the chamber 27 being circular in form and adapted to receive the helical spring 29, one end -of which is cured to the transverse shaft 30 and the other end secured to the inner Wall of the chamber 27. The chamber 28 atone end is substantially circular in form as shown at 31 and which is keyed to the shaft 30 and adapted to rotate therewith. The other end of the chamber 28 is substantially oval in form as shown at 33 and is adapted to receive the pinion 3 which mesheswith the gear whee 32,

second got 35 which meshes with a second pinion 36 mounted upon the end of the aide 37 the other end of the axle 37 being mount ed'in the rear end of the rim opposite the spring 29, the tension of the spring rotatingthe axle 37 which in turn will rotate the Wheel 40. mounted upon the outer end thereof.- Thus it will be seen that motion will be imparted to all of the wheels of the toy through the medium of the wheel. 40.

From the foregoing description in con-' nection witlrthe accompanying drawing it will be readily seen that after the spring 29 has been-tightly, wou11d up, and the toy placed upon a level surface, the tension of the spring will tend to rotate the axle 37 which in turn will rotate the wheel 40 and impart motion to the toy. While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention it will be obvious that VHI'lOUQ ClHUIQOS in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carryingmy invention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features or detail-ting from the scope thereof as defined in the appended claims.

that I claim is:-"

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame comprising a body plate, a sleeve formed integral with said body plate and extending outwardly at one end thereof, a fork comprising a body portion, having a slot formed therein in which said sleeve is arranged, and a screw passing through the body portion of the fork and through the sleeve. and having its threaded end screwed into the body portion of the fork at the lower end of the slot to pivot-ally secure the fork to one end of the other end of the plate, a motor casing secured to the outer end of one of said arms, a shaft mounted in said'casing and extending outwardly through the end of the arm, a wheel mounted on the outer end of the shaft, an axleha'ving one end mounted in if a i Loaaeee the casing, and its other end mounted in the outer end of the other of said arms, a wheel mounted upon the outer end of the axle, and means arranged within said casing and operatively connected with one end of said axle to impart motion to the samev which in turn will rotate the wheel to propel the frame. I 55 3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame comprising a body plate, a sleeve formed integral at one end thereof, a fork comprising a body portion having a slot formed therein in which 0 said sleeve is arranged, a screw passing through the body of the fork and through the sleeve and having its threaded end socured into the body portion of the fork at the lower end of the slot, an axle mounted in the outer ends of the fork, a wheel mount-- ed upon the axle and arranged within the fork, a crank secured to each end of the axle,

a casting loosely secured to the outerends of said crank, a transverse pivot rod mounted so in the body plate, links having one of their ends pivotally mounted upon said rod and arranged upon opposite sides of the body plate, and links having one of their ends pivot-ally connected to the other ends of the lBVCIS, and their other ends formed integral with the castings.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame comprising a body plate, a sleeve formed integral with said body plate and extending outward y at one end thereof, a fork comprising a body portion having a slot formed therein, in which said sleeve is arranged, a screw passin; through the body portion of the fork and through the sleeve and having its threaded end screwed into the body portion of the fork at the lower end of theslot to pivotally secure the fork-to one end of the. frame, a figure comprising a body having" spaced ears formed'thereon at diametrically opposite points and'arranged in pairs at both ends of the body, said ears being disposed upon each side of the body plate, and rivets passing through the slots and through 105 the body plate to rigidly secure the body of the figure upon the frame.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN TORLUEMKE.

"Witnesses:

EDWARD H. W. TORLUEMKE, HARRY J. GEHNER. 

